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William Tell
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William Tell is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of the Austrian dukes of the House of Habsburg positioned in Altdorf, in the canton of Uri. Tell's defiance and tyrannicide encouraged the population to open rebellion and a pact against the foreign rulers with neighbouring Schwyz and Unterwalden, marking the foundation of the Swiss Confederacy. Tell was considered the father of the Swiss Confederacy.
Tell is arrested for not saluting Gessler's hat (mosaic at the Swiss National Museum, Hans Sandreuter, 1901)
Tell is arrested for not saluting Gessler's hat (mosaic at the Swiss National Museum, Hans Sandreuter, 1901)
Tell's leap (Tellensprung) from the boat of his captors at the Axen cliffs; study by Ernst Stückelberg (1879) for his fresco at the Tellskapelle.
Tell's leap (Tellensprung) from the boat of his captors at the Axen cliffs; study by Ernst Stückelberg (1879) for his fresco at the Tellskapelle.
Page of the White Book of Sarnen (p. 447, first page of the Tell legend, pp. 447–449).
Page of the White Book of Sarnen (p. 447, first page of the Tell legend, pp. 447–449).
A depiction of the apple-shot scene in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554 edition).
A depiction of the apple-shot scene in Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia (1554 edition).
Canton of Uri
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The canton of Uri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss between the St. Gotthard Pass and Lake Lucerne.
Suvorov Crossing the St. Gotthard Pass, an Alexander Kotzebue painting
Suvorov Crossing the St. Gotthard Pass, an Alexander Kotzebue painting
Reuss valley
Reuss valley
Historical banner, traditionally[clarification needed] dated to the Battle of Sempach (1386), kept in the town-hall of Altdorf.
Historical banner, traditionally[clarification needed] dated to the Battle of Sempach (1386), kept in the town-hall of Altdorf.
Glarus Alps
Glarus Alps